StatsApps

Correlation

Correlation quantifies the strength and direction of the linear relationship between two numerical variables.

Resources

  1. Game: Guessing the correlation coefficient:

    Guessing the Correlation Coefficient

    This applet allows users to gain practice guessing a dataset's correlation coefficient.

    Developed by Michael Whitlock at The University of British Columbia.
    License: CC0.
  2. Interpreting the correlation coefficient with angles:

    Correlation Coefficient r

    This applet allows users to drag a slider to change the correlation coefficient r. Angles and associated cosines give the interpretation of the resulting value of r.

    Author: © 2022 Milan Valasek, University of Sussex.